A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir El-Rufai,\u00a0 may have dumped\u00a0 THISDAY newspaper . His ‘ My Friday Column’ had been a regular feature on the influential\u00a0 back page of the national daily every friday.<\/p>\n
Pointblanknews.com got the hint from\u00a0 El-Rufai’s facebook page where he\u00a0 announced that his column, El-Rufai on Friday, will no longer appear in the paper. He however did not say why.
\nIt was however\u00a0 learnt that El-Rufai disagreed with\u00a0 controversial Publisher Nduka Obaigbena who insited the column should be exclusive to Thisday only.<\/p>\n
Currently the column is syndicated in\u00a0 Abuja based Peoples’ Daily and some online blogs.
\nThe former minister posted last night on his facebook page \u201cMy Friday Column, El-Rufai on Friday will no longer appear on the Back Page of Thisday,\u201d Mr. El-Rufai said in an update Thursday night. \u201cIt will continue to be on the Back Page of People\u2019s Daily and on other web-based platforms. Thanks to all those that have read and encouraged me to write the column.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sources at Thisday hinted that for a while . Obaigbena had insisted the column remained an exclusive preserve of Thisday for no apparent reason, but El-Rufai kicked and made it clear it was either he syndicated it or he would not mind if Obaigbena yanked it.<\/p>\n
It was gathered when the matter could not be resolved and each flank remained adamant,\u00a0 Obaigbena directed Daily editor,\u00a0 Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, to pull the column.<\/p>\n
The often critical column, had consistently\u00a0 kicked\u00a0 Federal Goverment policies, especially socio-economic.<\/p>\n
El-Rufai, Nwogwugwu and\u00a0 the Publisher could not be reached for comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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